Kasamatsu Town, Hashima County, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
In the horse racing competition, this place is equivalent to a desert. Unlike the top resources and powerful horse girls owned by the Tracen headquarters, this place only has desolate racing tracks and horse girls who can only compete in local competitions. Their bloodlines and abilities are far inferior to those of the Tracen headquarters.
Compared to other ordinary high schools, the Tracen Academy in the Kasamatsu region is very advanced, with a clean and tidy school gate, a huge running track with a circumference of one kilometer, and a large teaching building. However, compared to the headquarters of Tracen, it can only be regarded as a rural area.
"The news channel of the Tracen headquarters reports that Tamamo Cross has fallen into a slump recently. Can it regroup before autumn?"
"The rising star, Tokai Teio, has joined the headquarters of Tracen Academy. She has already attracted much attention. Which trainer will she choose? Let's wait and see!"
"My classmate Mejiro McQueen joined the main campus of Tracen Academy. It is said that she is very interested in Tokai Teio, who is also my classmate. Will this be another pair of strong rivals?"
"Next, let us invite the legendary horse girl from the headquarters of Tracen Academy, Symboli Rudolf, to give us a congratulatory speech for the new year..."
The TV next to the shopping street was broadcasting something that was a million miles away from here, and Zhong Ming was now on his way to Kasamatsu Tracen College.
He is at the lowest point in his life now.
Zhong Ming, 19 years old, is handsome and was liked by many female classmates in high school. However, he was determined to dominate Japan and completely ignored his suitors and embarked on a professional path.
Just like the system said, this is a sports world, and he can get all the glory and a lot of money as long as he defeats others.
This is extremely attractive to Zhong Ming.
So before entering high school, he grew up in a small town with little communication with the outside world while exercising his body. After entering high school, he led the high school team to become the All-Japan champion with the momentum of a supernova!
Not only that, relying on the auxiliary capabilities of the system, he even led the football team to become the All-Japan High School Champion. He also led the baseball team to Koshien, and even achieved success in track and field. He is a superstar in the Japanese sports world!
The number of Twitter followers of superstar Zhong Ming is currently 2,058.
Ah, one fell off.
Now there is only 2057.
Zhong Ming's eyes twitched as he looked at his bank card balance, which was also not optimistic. After all, he had not had any income for a long time since graduating from high school.
It's not that there's an error in the phone screen, nor is it that Zhong Ming made a mistake and was kicked out of the Japanese sports world. Rather, Zhong Ming, who has 2058... Oh no, 2057 fans, is indeed the world's top sports star.
Zhong Ming was flipping through his latest Twitter post, which contained messages from fans.
[Zhong Ming (I am not a fake): I will not be participating in the competition recently. Thank you for the support of all the fans!]
"Brother Zhong Ming, I have always supported you. When will you make a comeback?"
"Invincible and Almighty are also going to retire. What job will you choose next?"
"Baseball cannot do without Zhong Ming, just as the West cannot do without Jerusalem."
There are three comments in total and one hundred and two likes. This is the current situation of Japanese sports.
Zhong Ming continued to flip through the pages, and alongside his quasi-retirement announcement was a photo of a horse racing girl named Tokai Teio taking of her breakfast.
[Tokai Teio (^▽^): Today's breakfast!]
"Dibao ate very healthily today!"
"Eat more carrots!"
"You can eat honey, but only in moderation, Dibao."
An ordinary tweet received more than 7,000 replies and 100,000 likes in just five minutes.
Compared to Zhong Ming, the top sports star who took half a day to get a hundred likes on his post, Tokai Teio is just a rising star among horse racing girls, not even the most famous one, but she has already completely defeated Zhong Ming.
"Fuck you, how would I have known that this world is not about human sports, but about horses' sports!" Zhong Ming couldn't help but stamp his feet and shout. Seeing the strange expressions on the faces of the people next to him, he quickly pretended to be calm and walked away.
Zhong Ming sighed, but this was the current situation.
Human sports, whether it is basketball, football, or volleyball, which are ranked as the three major sports on earth, are far from catching up with the Uma Musume events, and even the prize money income is extremely meager.
When he was in high school, Zhong Ming always thought that it was because Japanese law prevented students from receiving large bonuses. He also treated the horse racing girls that his peers were always keen on discussing as some kind of game. He concentrated on sports and wanted to become famous at a young age. In fact, he did succeed.
The name of Zhong Ming is known throughout the sports world!
And there are only 10,000 people at most in the sports world.
Not many people watch human sports at all, they all go to watch Uma Musume!
It was too late for Zhong Ming to realize this truth after he graduated. Three months had passed since his graduation. He had gone through several necessary stages including shock, confusion, madness, squirming, twisting, and returning to normal before he finally accepted the reality.
"Wow, wow, wow... I can't accept it!" Zhong Ming leaned against the wall and cried sadly.
If he had known earlier that he would have talked more with other people in high school, he would have understood that this world is dominated by horse girls and he wouldn't have to go into extremes and practice sports.
His classmates saw how hard he was practicing and thought he was a sports fanatic. They had no interest in Uma Musume and never mentioned her in front of him again.
Zhong Ming sighed again and walked towards Kasamatsu Tracen College.
Three months after graduating from high school, he realized that he would soon starve to death if he continued to play sports such as basketball, so he switched to being a trainer for Uma Musume.
Compared to the trainers at the Tracen headquarters, who need a lot of knowledge reserves and are no less difficult than a doctor, it is easier for trainers from some small places to pass the exam, but it is also a fantasy to want to enter the Tracen headquarters.
"But I haven't taught a horse how to run. At most, I taught others how to run when I was in the basketball and football clubs, but I don't know why they all looked at me strangely." Zhong Ming bit his nails, feeling uneasy.
"Besides, there are usually too many people in such a small place. How can a new trainer like me find a horse girl?"
No, it definitely can!
Zhong Ming's eyes were firm.
If not, he would starve to death!
He walked into the gate of Kasamatsu Tracen Academy and handed in his personal information to the trainer assistant. The people queuing up were also trainers, young and old, but they were all local trainers. The really capable trainers had all gone to the Central Tracen Headquarters.
"We must quickly find a target horse racing girl, otherwise she will be snatched away by someone else." Zhong Ming walked quickly towards the track, as this was related to his future job.
But when he walked to the stadium, he saw the horse girls who were supposed to be preparing for the race chatting in a relaxed atmosphere on the track.
"Are your shoes new? They are so beautiful."
"Yeah, I don't want to run. It would be bad if I got dirty."
"But today is the game, there is nothing we can do."
"Haha, it would be nice if I could stop running."
The regional horse racing girls don't have much fighting spirit. After all, they can't catch up with the central horse racing girls, so are they all giving up? Zhong Ming thought.
He noticed that the trainers in the viewing stands also had no interest in watching the game.
Zhong Ming sighed for the third time today and rubbed his brows: "After all, it is a local area, and it is different from those monsters in the central government, but this attitude is too bad."
If his teammates were playing badly, Zhong Ming could still scold them in the locker room and make them rejuvenated, but Zhong Ming really didn't understand the thing about Uma Musume.
Zhong Ming could only observe whether there were any good talents based on the eyesight he had developed while playing basketball.
Zhong Ming is very confident in his eyesight. After all, he has learned the superpower basketball in [Kuroko's Beep--Ball], and even learned superpowers in baseball and football. Although they are different from humans, it should not be difficult to find good seedlings in Uma Musume.
but...
"That's too bad. Is there no one capable? I feel like I can outrun them if I run!" Zhong Ming couldn't help but complain.
However, he didn't know how big the gap was between him and the horse girls. According to what was said on TV, there was a huge gap between horse girls and humans, but Zhong Ming had never met a horse girl, and he didn't know how big the gap was between the superpowers he had developed in basketball, football, volleyball, and track and field and them.
At this moment, he saw a gray-haired horse racing girl wearing dirty sportswear and rotting running shoes walking into the manger.
Zhong Ming narrowed his eyes.
oh?
The look of this one looks good.
[Reed-haired Cinderella: Oguri Cap]
The rankings on the sand track are out.
First place: Fine Motion.
Second place: Oguri Cap.
Although there is a third place and those after that, Zhong Ming prefers these two horse racing girls more. They are top-notch in terms of both talent and strength.
"Come to think of it, this is how I selected players with potential when I was on the football team…" Zhong Ming sighed.
"Then go and take both of them in your pocket right away."
Zhong Ming had just made up his mind when he turned around and saw that the first-ranked Fine Motion was surrounded by trainers, all of whom were inviting her to become a member of their team.
The corner of Zhong Ming's mouth twitched. Damn, do you have to fight so hard?
This left only the second-place Oguri Cap. Zhong Ming took a quick look and luckily the other trainers were all competing for the first-place Fine Motion, so the dirty Oguri Cap had not yet been snatched away by anyone.
When Zhong Ming walked over, she was stretching her muscles, sitting on the ground with her legs spread out, her upper body almost touching the ground. Her long gray hair was very clean, unlike her sportswear and running shoes that were stained with stains. Another horse racing girl, Nice Nature, was helping her press her back.
"Oguri Cap, are you interested in joining my team?" Zhong Ming looked at her and asked.
"?" Oguri Cap looked up at Zhong Ming and tilted her head.
I don't mean to look down on people.
Are you a natural fool?
Zhong Ming had teammates of this type before, who gave him a lot of help during the World Cup, so he has some understanding of this type.
"My name is Zhong Ming. Your running posture is very peculiar. When you run, your whole body is almost close to the ground. The support for this running posture comes from your soft knees. Is it natural?" Zhong Ming said with a smile.
Before inviting capable people, one must first prove that one has sufficient vision. Zhong Ming understands this.
"But your potential has not yet been fully developed. As long as you join me, we can become the strongest team in Japan. First, use Tokai Derby as a springboard and break into the center!"
Zhong Ming lied.
Although he was confident in training humans, he had never come into contact with horse girls, and apart from basic theoretical knowledge, he had no practice at all.
But at this time you must show confidence and experience, otherwise this potential stock will be snatched away by others.
Most importantly,
If he couldn't get her into the team, he would probably starve to death, after all, the only money left in his pocket was his food money.
But Oguri Cap's reaction was unexpected.
"Tokai Derby, what is that?" asked Oguri Cap, tilting her head to the other side.
Aren't you a horse racing girl? Why are you asking me about something so important to you? Zhong Ming originally thought that he was ignorant enough about horse racing girls, but he didn't expect that the person in front of him was even more important.
"That's a big-prize event in the Tokai region, and it's the highest level of competition!" Nice Nature next to her explained to Oguri Cap, waving her arms excitedly.
"I see. Then I'll join Zhong Ming's team." Oguri Cap stood up and nodded, extending her hand to Zhong Ming.
Pah.
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